Monday, February 9, 2009

Cognac love

A visit to Katy Elliot's fabulous blog led me to the recent NY Time's piece on architect Gil Schafer's looks-old-but-it's-new Greek Revival. The house is gorgeous, with many lovely rooms, but I was drawn to these cognac colored walls. (click here for the complete slide show, photography by Phil Mansfield) It's not a color I would contemplate for my own house - but I think here, in this room, the color is perfection.

The first photo is stunning. I love all the books on the table. I have never seen this color used indoors, but I love the way it looks. My parents had a vacation home in the Dominican Republic and the exterior was painted in this exact same color.

swooning over the whole article. The library in the dining room double use of the space and I love that. I have built in bookcases in my dining room too. Love how he built that and it looks like the Greek Revival Guest House on Bunny William's Property.Great post!